Contributed by bummerschool. Posted by aubin on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at 12:30 PM (EDT)

Sum 41 founding member and drummer Steve "Stevo" Jocz has announced his departure from the band. He said this:

I'm sorry to announce that I've decided to leave Sum 41. Touring with the band has been an amazing experience that has taken us far beyond our old practice space in my parent's basement to countless countries around the world. I've had the opportunity to see and experience so much and for that I am truly grateful.

Didn't know they were even still making music until one of my students mentioned them...my first reaction was, "Dear God, why are they still around..." and then... "How the heck did you start to listen to them?" Blah, hopefully they'll just play back up for Taylor Swift now...

I heard that Stevo and John K Samson have agreed to join Slayer for their Australian tour this summer. I also heard that as part of this deal Slayer has agreed to record an all Weakerthans/Sum 41 covers album. It should be out next x mass.

Obviously, Stevo has a head on his solders. Their first couple of releases weren't bad but after Dave left, it's been fucking awful. Deryck is a arrogant piece of shit, too. Maybe after this Tom will leave and focus more on Gob but even they're gone down the shitter. Maybe it's of that attempt at mainstream popularity (Foot in Mouth, anyone?) and it seems Tom became a control freak and started writing most of the songs and pushing Theo off to the side. Their live shows suck too, which is unfortunate because they were such a strong live act once upon a time. Hmm, when I think about it, I guess Tom likes Sum 41 for their mainstream status. Who knows.

Probably couldn't deal with that complete idiot of a frontman. I'm not kidding when I say that he literally stopped an interview to say "I'm sorry, but I'm a true songwriter, so don't ask me anything you wouldn't ask John Lennon or Tom Petty".

Does This Look Infected? is an awesome album. I loved it when I was a teenager and I still appreciate it now. Steve-o is an awesome drummer, brownsound and him really made the band. it's not like they've done anything worthwhile in years, and i wouldn't be surprised if they try to milk as much money out of sum 41 as possible, but hopefully they just call it quits.

I saw them in Lawrence KS a few months ago, Steve has been my favorite memeber since I saw them in 2001, he had no passion and was just going through the motions. It was a sad sight, but then again the concert was horrendous, not every song needs to break down into a generic heavy metal vamp session.